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Think You Know Album Cover Art? Then Play Jams Match

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My ego is in a blender set on 'puree'


I love a good game of trivia. Who doesn't? So when I stumbled upon Jams Match, I felt the Internet has just politely slapped my face with a gentleman's white challenge glove. However, after a few rounds of matching album art with the album's name, I realized that the Internet had, unbeknown to me, filled the glove with sand and was repeatedly taking swipes at my jaw with all it's might.

Jams Match is hard. Really hard. But in a good way. The game isn't frustrating-hard (like the first Hitman or trying to play Duels without forking over any cash). Rather, it's challenging like trying to score a date with Beth from high school chemistry class: every rejection (and they were all rejections) were acknowledgments on her part that you existed.

I've set the difficulty level to "novice" and have been working through the indie/alternative set of covers for the past two hours now. I still can't get over 80 points. The worst part is that there is no pretty girl who smiles at you and softly says, "Sorry. Not this time."

Have you played it? What's your score?

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